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Index


cancer 121


carbohydrates 117, 222


carbon 99, 222, 231


carbon cycle 222


carnivores 124, 155, 294


cars 217, 267


castles 69, 94–95


caves 68, 82, 174–175, 252


CDs 71, 217, 238


cells 102, 112, 118, 119, 122, 294


centipede 143


Central African Republic 18


Chad 18, 59


chain mail 91, 94


chain reactions 235


chemical reactions 232–233


Chile 15, 59


China 48, 59, 60, 190, 199


chlorophyll 161, 294


Christianity 36, 62, 65


Christmas 65


civilization 80, 92, 294


climate 56


clothes 74–75


clouds 230, 260, 264


coal 256


coastlines 252


cockroaches 175


Colombia 16, 59


Colorado river 176


common cold 121, 153


community 157


compass 215


computers 71, 77, 217


concrete 257


condensation 226, 294


Congo 19, 58


conifers 147, 172


continents 6–7, 246, 249, 294


coral 52, 53, 122, 205


Cosmic Background Radiation 293


Costa Rica 15, 59


crabs 180


crayfish 175


Cretaceous period 183, 194, 201,


202, 211


Croatia 35, 58
crocodiles 136, 137, 184
crustaceans 127, 143
crystals 251
Czech Republic 34, 58

D


da Vinci, Leonardo 214
dance 54, 73
Dead Sea 259
decibels 240, 294
deciduous 147, 160–161, 172, 294
Democratic Republic of Congo
19, 58
Denmark 21, 59
density 224
deserts 52, 149, 157, 170–171, 197
diamond 224, 225, 230, 231
diaphragm 110, 294
digestive system 105, 115,
116–117, 121
dinosaurs 137, 182–211, 223
disease 121, 150, 151
DNA 101, 217, 294
dolphins 44, 45, 129
drought 261
drums 70, 240
duck-billed platypus 52, 129
dust mites 112
DVDs 238

E


ears 109, 114, 120
Earth 6–7, 213, 246–247,
248, 249, 250, 262–263,
272–273
earthquakes 54, 216, 247, 249
earthworms 154, 255
East Timor 47, 58
echolocation 241
ecosystems 156–157, 294
Ecuador 16, 59
Edison, Thomas 216
eels 145
eggs 118, 119, 125, 136, 180
Egypt 18, 58, 78
Egyptians 84–85, 274
Einstein, Albert 216
electric cars 267
electricity 215, 220, 229, 236–237,

256, 260
electrons 228
elephants 44, 129, 169
El Salvador 15, 58
energy 105, 117, 229, 232, 233,
234–235, 236, 237, 238–239,
240–241, 266
England 23
environment 97, 219
Equator 6–7, 16, 294
Equatorial Guinea 18, 59
Eritrea 18
erosion 252–253, 255
Estonia 36, 59
estuary 259, 294
Ethiopia 18, 59
Europe 6–7, 34–35, 36, 38–39
evaporation 227, 294
experiments 218
explorers 81, 90
eyes 109, 114, 120, 239

F


fabric 74, 221
farmers 79, 80, 82, 93
fashion 60, 74–75
fats 117, 222
fault 247, 295
feathers 134, 210, 211
festival 60-61, 64, 65, 75
fingerprints 103, 217
Finland 21, 59
fire 82, 232
fire-fighter 75
fireflies 238
fish 127, 144–145, 155, 160, 169,
177, 178, 179, 181
flags 58–59, 62
floods 253
flowers 146, 162, 164, 166, 173
flying gecko 136
food 116–117, 121
food chains 154–155, 161
forces 214, 242, 245
forests 156, 160–161, 162–163
fossil fuels 222, 223, 234, 266, 295
fossils 190, 191, 195, 206–207, 219,
250, 295
France 26–27, 58

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